News from Gemba

July 30, 2007

Our development team has been busy this summer to bring new training courses that will expand your understanding of practical Toyota Production System tools and the Toyota way philosophy.  We are excited to announce the following classes are available on-site, on-demand:
 As GRT (general training) courses, these classes are suitable for all industries and all types of organizations.  As 100-level offerings, there are no prerequisites, but these high-impact classes are designed to strengthen your core knowledge of Lean principles and systems.

May 24, 2007

We have launched our redesigned website with more information and easier navigation.  The new feature Site Map page is a a quick way to find the information you want.  Come back to visit us often, as content is being added daily to our English, Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese and Chinese pages.


April 30, 2007

We are now shipping the book Taiichi Ohno's Workplace Management from Gemba Press.


April 10, 2007

The summer calendar of public training classes at the Lean Learning Lab is now available.


March 14, 2007

Within only three spaces remaining on the May 2007 public Japan Kaikaku Experience, we are happy to announce the next public Lean manufacturing benchmarking tour for August 18-25, 2007. 


February 28, 2007

Dr. Jeffrey Liker, author and Lean instructor Jamie Flinchbaugh, and Virginia Mason Medical Center Chairman & CEO Gary Kaplan, MD have endorsed the new translation of Taiichi Ohno's Workplace Management.


January 15, 2007

Announcing the Lean Learning Lab calendar of public training courses for the first half of 2007.  These classes are also available for on-site instruction.